Though I never rode a diesel motorcycle I thought it might be fun some time. It might start harder like diesels tend to and likely the power would be very different than a gasoline powered 4 cycle gasoline engine too. However, what I find amazing is that it was designed for Diesel, Kerosene, and Aviation fuels which are all basic military fuels. Most non-cars are all diesel in the Marines and likely in the Army too.
I did have a 1970s VW Diesel Rabbit which was likely the most gutless vehicle I ever drove even though it got over 50 miles per gallon of diesel. I bought it for my son when his Nissan Pickup truck was totaled in an accident with the insurance money from that crash. What was funny about it was that it was a stick shift with 4 on the floor and that you had to downshift into 3rd gear whenever the upslope was anything above a 1 percent Grade. So, we didn't keep that long because I didn't know about how the oil in those things carbonize and thicken up. So, i realized that there was just so much I didn't know about maintaining a dieself vehicle myself that I decided to sell it.
But, I'm okay renting a diesel Mercedes or other diesel vehicle in Europe when I go there because their use of diesel usually doesn't stink like American diesels often do or did. Things when I have gone to Europe in 1999 and 2009 and 2011 I rented at least one diesel vehicle even in 1999 I rented a Fiat Diesel 6 passenger motor home in Munich and drove it through Germany, Austria, Switzerland all the way to northern Italy then in 1999. Also, you almost always get much better mileage with any diesel than a gasoline powered car and gas is usually 10 dollars a gallon or likely much more now in most EU nations because of Trump and Netanyahu. So, the economy of renting a diesel in Europe is quite attractive.
begin quotes:
- Are you looking to buy or source parts for one?
- Would you like to compare it to standard gasoline-powered KLR models?
- Are you researching military surplus vehicle auctions?
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